nanosecond
pronunciation
How to pronounce nanosecond in British English:
UK [ˈnænəʊsekənd]
How to pronounce nanosecond in American English:
US [ˈnænoʊsekənd]
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- Noun:
- one billionth of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
Word Origin
- nanosecond (n.)
- 1959, from nano- + second (n.).
Example
- 1. A nanosecond is one-billionth of a second .
- 2. Logs must contain timestamps , with timezone , to the millisecond or nanosecond .
- 3. Theory suggests that wimps formed in the first nanosecond of cosmic history might have been unstable .
- 4. He plans to nanoengineer their optical and structural properties using dc electric-field techniques , coupled with femtosecond and nanosecond laser processing .
- 5. But a bright green laser applied in 4 nanosecond pulses vaporizes the print , leaving paper that looks as good as new .